Quotes by William Penn

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

All excess is ill but drunkeness is of the worst sort. It spoils health dismounts the mind and unmans men. It reveals secrets is quarrelsome lascivious impudent dangerous and bad.

A true friend unbosoms freely advises justly assists readily adventures boldly takes all patiently defends courageously and continues a friend unchangeably.

There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

He that does good for goods sake seeks neither praise nor reward though sure of both at last.

If thou wouldst be happy ... have an indifference for more than what is sufficient.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do for any fellow being let me do it now ... as I shall not pass this way again.

The smaller the drink the clearer the head.

It were better to be of no church than to be bitter for any.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

A wise neuter joins with neither but uses both as his honest interest leads him.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there can be any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being let me do it now.

Time is what we want most but... what we use worst.

The jealous are troublesome to others but torment to themselves.

Next to God thy parents.

Man being made reasonable and so a thinking creature there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public and his own present and future benefit in all respects.

O Lord help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Religion is nothing else but love to God and man.

Not to be provoked is best but if moved never correct till the fume is spent for every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

The smaller the drink the clearer the head and the cooler the blood.